Purpose - Use motion detector to observe freefall and terminal velocity
Observations:
1) Book and paper in classroom
2) Rock and feather on moon
3) Felix and Super Sonic freefall
Safety - Don't fall off table
Data - Only when object is falling
Object
x-t graph shape
(sketch)
v-t graph shape
(sketch)
average velocity (m/s)
or change in velocity (m/s)
a-t graph shape
(sketch)
average acceleration
(m/s^2)
Conclusion -
Explain the difference between terminal velocity and freefall.
State which items reached terminal velocity or continued in free fall. Include items that were in demonstrations, videos (observations) and those you dropped in class.
State a general method to determine whether an object has reached terminal velocity.
Observations:
1) Book and paper in classroom
2) Rock and feather on moon
3) Felix and Super Sonic freefall
Safety - Don't fall off table
Data - Only when object is falling
(sketch)
(sketch)
or change in velocity (m/s)
(sketch)
(m/s^2)
Conclusion -
Explain the difference between terminal velocity and freefall.
State which items reached terminal velocity or continued in free fall. Include items that were in demonstrations, videos (observations) and those you dropped in class.
State a general method to determine whether an object has reached terminal velocity.